Economic Development Brief — by state
The brief, state by state
The weekly Economic Development Brief, read one jurisdiction at a time. Fifty states and the District of Columbia, each with the agency that does the work and what is in this week’s edition.
- Jurisdictions
- 51
- With items this week
- 17
- Week ending
- 26 October 2026
In this week’s briefConnecticut 1 itemDelaware 1 itemHawaii 1 itemKentucky 1 itemMaine 1 itemNevada 1 itemNew Mexico 2 itemsNorth Carolina 1 itemNorth Dakota 3 itemsOhio 3 itemsPennsylvania 2 itemsSouth Carolina 1 itemSouth Dakota 2 itemsVermont 1 itemVirginia 1 itemWest Virginia 1 itemWyoming 1 item
| State | Economic development agency | This week |
|---|---|---|
| AL Alabama | Alabama Department of Commerce (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | no items this week |
| AK Alaska | Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| AZ Arizona | Arizona Commerce Authority (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| AR Arkansas | Arkansas Economic Development Commission (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| CA California | GO-Biz — Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| CO Colorado | Office of Economic Development and International Trade (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| CT Connecticut | Office of Policy and Management (not independently verified) | 1 |
| DE Delaware | Division of Small Business (not independently verified) | 1 |
| DC Washington, D.C. | Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| FL Florida | Department of Economic Opportunity (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| GA Georgia | Georgia Department of Economic Development (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| HI Hawaii | Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | 1 |
| ID Idaho | Idaho Department of Commerce (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| IL Illinois | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| IN Indiana | Indiana Economic Development Corporation (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| IA Iowa | Iowa Economic Development Authority (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | no items this week |
| KS Kansas | Kansas Department of Commerce (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| KY Kentucky | Cabinet for Economic Development (not independently verified) | 1 |
| LA Louisiana | Louisiana Economic Development (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| ME Maine | Department of Economic and Community Development (not independently verified) | 1 |
| MD Maryland | Maryland Department of Commerce (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| MA Massachusetts | Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| MI Michigan | Michigan Economic Development Corporation (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| MN Minnesota | Department of Employment and Economic Development (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| MS Mississippi | Mississippi Development Authority (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | no items this week |
| MO Missouri | Missouri Department of Economic Development (confirmed by a live feed from this agency)Newsroom run by Missouri Partnership | no items this week |
| MT Montana | Montana Department of Commerce (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| NE Nebraska | Nebraska Department of Economic Development (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | no items this week |
| NV Nevada | Governor’s Office of Economic Development (not independently verified) | 1 |
| NH New Hampshire | Department of Business and Economic Affairs (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| NJ New Jersey | New Jersey Economic Development Authority (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| NM New Mexico | New Mexico Economic Development Department (not independently verified) | 2 |
| NY New York | Empire State Development (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| NC North Carolina | North Carolina Department of Commerce (confirmed by a live feed from this agency)Newsroom run by Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina | 1 |
| ND North Dakota | North Dakota Department of Commerce (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | 3 |
| OH Ohio | Ohio Department of Development (not independently verified) | 3 |
| OK Oklahoma | Oklahoma Department of Commerce (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| OR Oregon | Business Oregon (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| PA Pennsylvania | Department of Community and Economic Development (not independently verified) | 2 |
| RI Rhode Island | Rhode Island Commerce Corporation (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| SC South Carolina | South Carolina Department of Commerce (not independently verified) | 1 |
| SD South Dakota | Governor’s Office of Economic Development (not independently verified) | 2 |
| TN Tennessee | Department of Economic and Community Development (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| TX Texas | Texas Economic Development Corporation (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | no items this week |
| UT Utah | Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | no items this week |
| VT Vermont | Agency of Commerce and Community Development (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | 1 |
| VA Virginia | Virginia Economic Development Partnership (not independently verified) | 1 |
| WA Washington | Washington State Department of Commerce (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | no items this week |
| WV West Virginia | West Virginia Department of Economic Development (confirmed by a live feed from this agency) | 1 |
| WI Wisconsin | Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (not independently verified) | no items this week |
| WY Wyoming | Wyoming Business Council (not independently verified) | 1 |